First Night is a "traditional" New Year's Eve celebration that I had never heard of before I moved out to New England.And for good reason! This family friendly, artistically cultural event is younger than I am, having been started in 1976 in Boston, and only fairly recently has it spread outside of the New England area.
And... well, really, that's all I have to say about it, except that I'm still a little non-plussed that a city-run event selling "tickets" (buttons, really) out of an actual box office wouldn't take a credit card. If you're going to charge 20 bucks a head, maybe you shouldn't encourage people in the middle of a crowded downtown to be carrying that much cash? Maybe that's just me. They said they'd take a check, but really-- not a lot of people our age or younger carry their checkbooks around on a regular basis and I think this has just officially turned into some sort of weird Kids These Days rant, so I'd probably better stop.
Something about not wanting to pay the 3% charge.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, but they ended up losing out on our 40 bucks because of it (not because we were upset, but because getting the cash ended up being too complicated).
ReplyDeleteNot to mention your top hat, white feather and tails.
ReplyDeleteI knew you, at least, would catch that. What can I say, I play to my audience...
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